What Is Trauma/ARC
TRUE OR FALSE: Trauma and related mental health issues are considered to be triggered by internal traumatic events
False
(triggered by external traumatic events)
TRUE OR FALSE: Adult survivors of childhood trauma make up the majority of individuals who seek or need clinical services.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE:
Trauma Informed Practice does not mean that the practitioner assumes the client is a survivor and does not mean that the focus of the intervention will be on the past trauma
True
Examples of trauma are...
exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence through direct or indirect experiencing or witnessing of the event/s
Name at least three places that practitioners can encounter survivors ...
Practitioners will encounter survivors in settings like child welfare, addictions, mental health and corrections
what is trauma informed practice...
Entertain the possibility that the client might have childhood trauma history. Clients current problems can be understood in the context of their past
Attachment, Regulation, and Competency
depression, low self esteem, suicide, chronic pain, anxiety, panic attacks, post traumatic stress, substance abuse, eating disorders, domestic violence, self injury Distorts thinking: social isolation, problems with attachment, mistrust
Name at least three core principles of trauma informed care ...
Seeing through traunma lens
Appreciation of invisible trauma and intersectionality
Sensitive discussion about trauma
Trauma specific support
Preventing trauma in the mental health system
Trustworthiness and transparency
Collaboration and mutuality
Empowerment, choice and control
Safety
Survivor partnerships
Why was ARC developed ...
The Attachment, Regulation, and Competency treatment framework was developed to address the complicated needs of the population of children and families defined by exposure to multiple, chronic, and often ongoing adversity
Name at least three domains of impairment in children exposed to complex trauma..
attachment, biology, affect regulation, dissociation, behavioral control, cognition, and self concept
Three major challenges clinician face with trauma informed care..
there will be instances when the client doesn’t report a history of childhood trauma because of the shame and embarrassment
Client might not be able to remember any trauma. One of the ways that these individuals cope with their trauma is through repression, typically manifested through memory loss
Clients’ disclosures about what happened to them, their “trauma narratives” , can be extremely hard to hear and their reactions to the narrative can be hard to witness.
what name the three broad domains of ARC and eight core targets..
Three domains: Attachment, Regulation, Competency
Eight core targets:
Caregiver affect management, attunement, effective response, identification, modulation, expression, executive functions, self and identity
1 Research has shown that experiencing childhood trauma can: a) affect mental well-being b) shorten life expectancy c) lead to worse outcomes in services d) a and b e) a, b and c.
Examples of Trauma Treatment Approaches
Prolonged Exposure Therapy, EMDR, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, ARC, Seek Safety